full trailer<\/a> for the Netflix series, which dropped Thursday, the actress transformed into Wuornos\u2019 weathered appearance with shaved eyebrows, straggly dirty blond hair, pale skin and rotted teeth.<\/p>\nSarah Paulson transformed into infamous serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Season 4 of Ryan Murphy\u2019s \u201cMonster: The Lizzie Borden Story.\u201d Netflix<\/p>\n
The actress emulated Wuornos\u2019 appearance including her straggly hair and weathered skin. (Pictured: Aileen Wuornos in her old court footage.) \u00a9Netflix\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one really knows what happened that day,\u201d a voice says at the end of the trailer, as Paulson\u2019s character interjects: \u201cOh, I f\u2013ing know what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
The horror series will mainly focus on Lizzie Borden (Ella Beaty), the notorious accused ax murderer who was widely suspected of killing her parents in 1892 but was never convicted.<\/p>\n
But Paulson\u2019s Wuornos will appear in scenes that take place decades later, as she\u2019s depicted as being inspired by Borden\u2019s story.<\/p>\n
The Netflix series will mainly focus on notorious accused ax murderer Lizzie Borden, played by Ella Beaty (pictured here). Netflix<\/p>\n
Paulson (pictured earlier this month) makes an appearance as Wuornos in scenes that take place decades later, as she\u2019s inspired by Borden\u2019s story. STAR INFLUX LA \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n
According to Netflix, Paulson\u2019s character plays a \u201ccrucial part in the thematic focus\u201d of the latest\u00a0\u201cMonster\u201d\u00a0chapter.<\/p>\n
Wuornos was convicted of six murders committed between 1989 and 1990 along a central Florida highway and was also suspected of a seventh killing.<\/p>\n
Dubbed the \u201cDamsel of Death,\u201d Wuornos was a homeless sex worker at the time of the murders.<\/p>\n
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Dubbed the \u201cDamsel of Death,\u201d Wuornos was convicted of six murders committed between 1989 and 1990. \u00a9Netflix\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n
She died by lethal injection on Oct. 9, 2002 and has been the subject of several films and documentaries over the years. Everett Collection \/ Everett Collection<\/p>\n
She died by lethal injection on Oct. 9, 2002. She was 46 years old.<\/p>\n
Wuornos has been the subject of several films and documentaries over the years, most notably in the Oscar-winning 2003\u00a0film, also titled\u00a0\u201cMonster.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the movie, Charlize Theron also made a drastic transformation to play the serial killer, including a 30-pound weight gain and dentures.<\/p>\n
Charlize Theron also completely transformed into the serial killer for her 2003 film also titled\u00a0\u201cMonster,\u201d as seen above. \u00a9Newmarket Releasing\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n
Theron\u2019s process to turn into the serial killer included a 30-pound weight gain and dentures. \u00a9Newmarket Releasing\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n
Series co-creator Ian Brennan called it \u201can unexpected breath of fresh air when Aileen shows up\u201d in the new iteration of Netflix\u2019s\u00a0\u201cMonster.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSarah Paulson\u2019s good in a production of reading the phone book,\u201d he said. \u201cBut she really is something else in this show.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMonster: The Lizzie Borden Story\u201d will be available to stream on Netflix on Sept. 17<\/p>\n
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